Four men were arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex from a law enforcement officer posing as a minor, state police announced Sunday.On Tuesday, Maryland police conducted an operation involving the online sexual solicitation of minors to which two men responded, expressing their desire to meet the minor for sexual activity, police said. Those men were identified as Alexander Christensen, 24, and Ryan Parham, 31.Rafael Constante, 28, and Tracey Dove, 49, were also arrested through similar investigations.Christensen and Parham, acting individually, traveled to an undisclosed location in Howard County for the encounter.Sometime around 8 p.m. Parham was arrested without incident. Christensen was arrested later Tuesday night. Constante was arrested Saturday after he traveled to an undisclosed location in Howard County. On Sunday, Dove was also arrested. The men were charged with the sexual solicitation of a law enforcement officer posing as a minor.If convicted, they each face up to 10 years imprisonment and up to $25,000 in fines.

HOWARD COUNTY, Md. —

Four men were arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex from a law enforcement officer posing as a minor, state police announced Sunday.

On Tuesday, Maryland police conducted an operation involving the online sexual solicitation of minors to which two men responded, expressing their desire to meet the minor for sexual activity, police said.

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Those men were identified as Alexander Christensen, 24, and Ryan Parham, 31.

Rafael Constante, 28, and Tracey Dove, 49, were also arrested through similar investigations.

Christensen and Parham, acting individually, traveled to an undisclosed location in Howard County for the encounter.

Sometime around 8 p.m. Parham was arrested without incident. Christensen was arrested later Tuesday night.

Constante was arrested Saturday after he traveled to an undisclosed location in Howard County. On Sunday, Dove was also arrested.

The men were charged with the sexual solicitation of a law enforcement officer posing as a minor.

If convicted, they each face up to 10 years imprisonment and up to $25,000 in fines.